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June 6, 2012

Furniture Makeover: Vintage Green Kitchen Dresser

I didn't take a before photo of this, but it was just another run of the mill dark coloured hutch dresser with glass doors that had 'leadlight' stickers on it.

Here it is the bottom half of it, along with the cupboard doors on my back lawn production line after getting a several coats of primer sprayed on.

I knew I wanted to do this one green, and I had a particular green in mind, to me, it is 'vintage' green, hard to describe but just the shade you find on old items, often mixed with pale pink. A real 50's pastel green. I think I found it!

I painted the inside of the cupboards (top and bottom) with a lovely warm cream - Resene Pearl Lusta - which goes really well with the 'vintage' green - Porters Paints Glossodia. The cupboard fronts are the same cream. The fake leadlight glass doors just had to go, replaced with chicken wire.

That's the exact color I was going for on that very first half table I did that you asked about!! I'd seen it underneath layers of paint on old chairs before and wanted to replicate it too...not an easy task!Yours looks just like it, great choice Karen!! Looks so fantastic, well worth all that effort!!

That's the exact color I was going for on that very first half table I did that you asked about!! I'd seen it underneath layers of paint on old chairs before and wanted to replicate it too...not an easy task!Yours looks just like it, great choice Karen!! Looks so fantastic, well worth all that effort!!

hi, thanks for visiting my blog by way of Cassie at Primitive and Proper! i love your cabinet here...it's the perfect shade of green, just like vintage jadeite! you did such a great job on the cabinet and i love your pillows too - we definitely have the same style!happily following your blog now :)

Perfect! Love how that turned out. diggin' the green as well. I have a hutch w/the same yucky leaded glass stuff. I have chicken wire but it's got the thick attachment thingy (what the heck am I writing??) It's were the seams meet I guess. Anyway, it doesn't look like yours. Can you share?? Shoot me an email or something. Thanks Beth

I have been searching for this exact shade of green.. it really does look like the vintage Jadeite pieces, and I love it. Would you be able to share what color that is with me, please? I actually want to paint a bit of kitchen wall this bright aqua green, but everything I see, is too muddy, not your crisp beautiful color... you nailed it!!!!my email: julieaspear AT gmail DOT comthank you your blog is lovely, and you are very talented!!!